Horseshoe.



W. P. LEWIS.

HOBSBSHOE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1913.

1,1 1 3,796. Patented oct. 13, 1914.

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i WILFRED P. LEWIS, OF` ST.. LOUIS', MISSOURI.

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Specification of Letters Ifzitent'` i Paflinted Oct. 13,1914.

Application mea ssptemberzi4,1913.7` serial Np. 791,635. i

To all whom 'it may concern; Y i

Be it known `that I, WILFRED P. Iinwis, a citizen of the United States, residing atSt.

Louis, State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements 1n Horseshoes, of*` which the following is a specification.

An object of the invention is to provide a horseshoe for preventing a horse fromable calks which are `arranged upon. the horseshoe or shoe body in such a manner that the calks can be lreadily removed for sharpening or for substituting calks of ldifferent shapes, without necessitating the use' of a blacksmith or other person skilled in applying shoes to horses.

The invention further embodies a horseshoe which is adapted to Vnormally support calks having blunted edges for use on high- Ways or streets during the summer season,

the calks having the-blunted edges being replaceable by calks with pointed ends or projections which will constitute eflicient gripping members in the winter time to grip the highway or slippery pavements and prevent the horse from slipping. y

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the horseshoe showing the same applied to the hoof of a horse; Fig.` 2 is a bottom plan view of the horseshoe showing the calks in position on the horseshoe; Fig. 3 is a similar bottom plan view showing the horseshoe without calks; Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 4 4 in Fig. 1; Fig.' 5 is `a vertical sectional view taken on the line 5 5 in Fig. 2; Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the toe calk, lookingat the upper side thereof; Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the toe calk looking at the under side thereof; and Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the securing member for the toe calk.

Referring more particularly to the views, I disclose a horseshoe 10 including a shoe body 11 having a reduced toe portion 12 and reduced heel portions 13. I-Ieel calks 14, each comprising a tubular shank land an integral depending head 16, are adapted `for connection with the shoe body 11 on the heel portions 13, the reduced? heel portions "13 being received in the tubular shanks 15 so that the heads 16 of the heel calks will. `depend at the rear end ofthe shoe body as f shown, staples"17 being passed horizontally through the shoe 'body` `and the shanks 15 and having .their free ends bent to rigidly retain the heel calks 14 in position on the reduced heelportions 13.U y y The reduced toe portion 12 isprovided witha horizontal slot 18 `anda vertical slot 19 and a toe calk 20 is adapted for connection with the reduced toe portion :12, the said toecalk preferably consisting of `a single piece of material including a plate 21 having a front slotted flangeV 22 and a rear slotted fiange 23, with a head 24 formed with the plate 21 at the forward end thereof "and depending therefrom, the said plate being either blunted or sharpened. A bur 25 projects upwardly `from the plate 21 at the medial portion thereof and when the toe calk 20 is applied to the reduced toe portion 12, the bur 25 will. extend through the vertical slot 19 and the front flange 22 will lie fiush `with the peripheral face of the shoe body,.the reduced toe portion 12 being interposed between the front and rear flanges 22 and23 as shown, withthe slots in the front and rear fianges registering with the horizontal slot 18 in the reduced toe portion 12 V so that a securing plate 26 provided with an enlarged head 27 can be passed horizontally through the slot in the front flange 22, the horizontal slot 18 in the reduced toe portion 12 and the slot in the rear flange 23,

plate being adapted to limit the inwardy movement of the plate; with the head eX- tending into arecess 28 in `the front flange 22to lie flush with theface of the said front flange. A locking member 29 is provided for the securing plate 26 and consists of a nail-like body 30 having 4one, end thereof looped and passed through anopening 31 in the securing plate, with the free end of the body projecting rearwardly in a groove 32 in the plate 26 with the extreme free end of the locking member located beyond the rear flange 23 and adapted to be bent downwardly `upon the rear fiange, thus rigidly `securing the locking plate in position to lock and retain the toe calk 20 upon the toe portion of the shoe body.

rlhe horseshoe is mounted upon ya hoof 83 of the horse in the usual` manner and it will then be seen that the heads 164 of the lheel calks 111 and the head 24 of the toe calk 20, will support the horseshoe in spaced relation .to thev ground,`the said heads being either pointed or blunt in order to properly grip the surface ot' the roadway and prevent the horse from slipping.

y By simply bending the free end of the locking member 29 upwardly, the securing plate 26 can be removed from engagement with the toe calk 2O and the reduced toe por tion of the Vshoe body, thus permitting of entirely removing the toe call: 2O from l.the shoe body for 'the purpose of sharpening the head 24@ of `the toe lcalk orpapplying a dif ferent styleotoe calli to the reduced toe portion 12 of the shoe body. In a similar manner, the `free ends of the staples 17 can be bentupwardly to permit of removing the staples 17 from the reduced heel portions 13 of the shoe body so that the heel ealks 14 can be removed from the reduced heel portions 13 for the purpose of sharpening the same vor applying new heel calls to the ends of the shoe body.

Having thus described my invention, I elaim:`

1. In a horseshoe, the combination with a shoe body, of a slotted toe call; secured on the front end of the shoe body, a plate passing through the shoe body and the slots in the toe ealk to hold the same on the shoe body, and a wire-like locking member rigidly secured in the securing plate and projecting rearwardly and downwardly to have its free end engage the said toe calk on the under side thereof to hold the securing plate rigidly relatively to the said toe call( and said shoe body.

2. K In a horseshoe, the combination with a shoe body having a reduced slotted toe portion, of a toe calk on the front end of the shoe body, a projection on the toe calli and passing through the slotted portion of the shoe body, slotted plates on the toe calli and rising upwardly above the horizontal plane of the shoe body, a securing member passing through the slots in the said plates to hold the toe calli on the shoe body, and a wire-like locking member on the said securing member and bent rearwardly and downwardly to engage the under side oit the toe calli and rigidly look the securing member thereto.

In testimony whereof I aHiX my si gnature in presence of two witnesses.

VILFRED I). LEWIS. Witnesses:

ARTHUR ACKER, PAUL W. HAHN.

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Washington, D. C. 

